United States Post Office (Troy, New York)
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The United States Post Office in Troy, New York, is a historic federal postal building noted for its early 20th-century architecture and contribution to the city’s preserved urban core.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States Post Office (Troy, New York) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2707320 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Post Office (Troy, New York) Context triple: [Central Troy Historic District, contains, United States Post Office (Troy, New York)]
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A.
Poughkeepsie United States Post Office and Custom House
The Poughkeepsie United States Post Office and Custom House is a historic federal building in Poughkeepsie, New York, noted for its 19th-century architectural design and role in housing both postal and customs services.
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B.
General Post Office, New York City (19th-century structures)
The General Post Office in New York City was a prominent 19th-century civic building known for its grand classical architecture and use of locally quarried stone, reflecting the city’s growing importance as a commercial and communications hub.
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C.
Farley Post Office
Farley Post Office is a historic Beaux-Arts postal building in Midtown Manhattan that once served as New York City’s main post office and is now part of the Moynihan Train Hall complex.
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D.
Hay Post Office
Hay Post Office is a historic postal building in the town of Hay, New South Wales, recognized for its heritage architectural and cultural significance.
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E.
Troy, New York
Troy, New York is a historic city on the eastern bank of the Hudson River known for its 19th-century architecture and as the home of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States Post Office (Troy, New York) Target entity description: The United States Post Office in Troy, New York, is a historic federal postal building noted for its early 20th-century architecture and contribution to the city’s preserved urban core.
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A.
Poughkeepsie United States Post Office and Custom House
The Poughkeepsie United States Post Office and Custom House is a historic federal building in Poughkeepsie, New York, noted for its 19th-century architectural design and role in housing both postal and customs services.
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B.
General Post Office, New York City (19th-century structures)
The General Post Office in New York City was a prominent 19th-century civic building known for its grand classical architecture and use of locally quarried stone, reflecting the city’s growing importance as a commercial and communications hub.
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C.
Farley Post Office
Farley Post Office is a historic Beaux-Arts postal building in Midtown Manhattan that once served as New York City’s main post office and is now part of the Moynihan Train Hall complex.
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D.
Hay Post Office
Hay Post Office is a historic postal building in the town of Hay, New South Wales, recognized for its heritage architectural and cultural significance.
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E.
Troy, New York
Troy, New York is a historic city on the eastern bank of the Hudson River known for its 19th-century architecture and as the home of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal building
ⓘ
historic building ⓘ post office building ⓘ |
| architecturalSignificance | early 20th-century architecture ⓘ |
| buildingType |
civic building
ⓘ
government building ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| function |
federal government services
ⓘ
postal services ⓘ |
| hasAddressCity | Troy ⓘ |
| hasAddressCountry | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasAddressState | New York ⓘ |
| hasCulturalValue | local landmark in Troy, New York ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic property ⓘ |
| isPublicBuilding | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York
ⓘ
surface form:
New York (state)
Rensselaer County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Troy, New York ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Postal Service ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| partOf |
Central Troy Historic District
ⓘ
surface form:
Troy historic urban core
|
| significance | contributes to preservation of Troy’s urban core ⓘ |
| usedFor |
mail distribution
ⓘ
mail processing ⓘ retail postal services ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United States Post Office (Troy, New York) Description of subject: The United States Post Office in Troy, New York, is a historic federal postal building noted for its early 20th-century architecture and contribution to the city’s preserved urban core.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.